Venues never have their own equipment for events like this. All the gear is rented by whoever is hosting it. The client also contracts out all the labor to install, opportate, and strike said equipment.

"This computer doesn't get 10GbE networking" then your network will bottleneck any processing you have. Kind of defeating the purpose of a high performance exporting build. I just can't take this guy seriously.

You can't possibly know if network is a bottleneck if you don't know the workload. I'd have loved to throw in a 10gbe card because I had one lying around, but for exporting video projects (all this machine will do) it actually doesn't matter.

You don't need to be a sys admin to know that applying hardware upgrades where there is no bottleneck is pointless :)

TIL S7 is the only other relevant Android phone and it's most important features are actuating home button and speaker orientation.

Whether or not it's safe to assume that he implies anything is kind of irrelevant and essentially my point in a nut shell. He's mentioned battery life in every other review I can recall and software fluidity in the vast majority of them. The big talking point of the phone is the amount of RAM; if this was someone less well known than Linus it wouldn't be ridiculous to assume that they don't understand the importance of these two things in the context of the Android market.

To be honest, I understand your points and stance and certainly don't entirely disagree with them, just that I've come to expect more, not only from Linus, but from every one who feels as though their opinion on devices is worth our time.

Also like to point out that the thermal test vs the HTC 10 is worth literally nothing without context. Was it a legitimate and fair testing environment? What are those temperatures like compared to the other phones used to compare qualities?

One of the biggest challenges I face when setting out to write the script for a device review is the limited TIME that I have. A typical review is about 1000-1200 words.

That's it.

So it's usually for that reason that I'll choose comparison devices that more people will be familiar with.

That way I can just say "It's similar to the Galaxy S7 camera with less fisheye, which is nice". The Galaxy S7's camera - to enthusiasts and more casual people alike - is a known quantity. This saves me the time of explaining both the review subject's camera capabilities AND the other one, keeping the video shorter and (in my mind) therefore better.

Attention span is one of the things I have to fight hardest against, and we end up making a lot of sacrifices for it, but at the end of the day I'm not looking to compete against Anandtech or Ars or any of the other wonderful publications that I'm honored to even be included among.. We have a different focus than them, and keeping the content short allows it to be both appealing to a more casual viewer AND digestible supplementary material for hardcores that captures experiential things that written reviews usually struggle with.

So there you have it. With anything we do there's usually a reason. Sometimes the reason is "we screwed up", but mostly it was a conscious decision.. which can also be a screw up at times.. :p

Man.. Sometimes I feel like big data is being used to offer my viewers deals on tinfoil and, not being sure what it's for, they just.. make hats.

I even had people criticizing my "acting skills" in the data loss video..

If you'd ever conducted an interview with a company executive you'd know it's almost impossible to get them to look in the right direction and speak naturally (though Raja is actually an excellent speaker and did this whole thing in one take), let alone ACT..

Like, holy shit, guys..

The card drop was hilarious and spontaneous, and AMD is pretty kewl so when I said "No, no, trust me! We should keep it" they were like "Okay".

Sometimes the world is much more straightforward than it appears (for some reason) to be..

I almost got a job there as well! Well maybe not almost but I tired. I live in Edmonton but most of my family lives in washington and the lower mainland of BC. When I saw LMG was hiring I thought this was a perfect opportunity for me to move closer to family and get a job doing the thing I love (video editing) with the other things I love, computers and gaming.

While I didn't hand deliver a resume like you did I sent a registered letter to Linus himself. I have a Diploma in Television arts from the Northern Albertian Institute of Technology, 4 years professional experience as a video editor and I know my way around a camera as well.

I was also going to visit the area within a few weeks as my newborn niece popped out. So that made my mind up right then and there. I would stop by LMG and for an in person interview.

That letter I mentioned earlier said that I would arrive in BC on the 11th at 11am. I saw that Linus had gotten my letter. His wife signed for it. Sadly I didn't get an email saying anything. So a few days before my trip I sent an email saying I see you got my letter and wanted to touch base and will come by the offices at 11am unless another time work better for you. Got response back. The email said and I quote:

Hey Kody,

We are currently in the process of evaluating applications for this position, we'll reach out if there is a fit!

Thanks,

It wasn't quite what I was expecting but a response is a response but they had been busy lately so it could be generic. I was starting to get worried but then I saw this post on the forums. It says and I quote:

... we've brought on a new contract writer for Fast As Possible, we have a very promising in person interview on Friday for a video editor position, and we're...

I thought to myself that has to be me. There is no way someone else had an interview the same day with my kind of qualifications and dedication. (Sorry OP if that was you but you didn't mention a date.) This was also at the same time they were very busy and had the whole Vesle thing so I figured they're small company maybe they just forgot to email me, or that they didn't believe I would show up. Justification maybe but I was going one way or another.

So then that Friday comes by I flew into Abbotsford, had my mom pick me up as renting a car isn't cheap, made my way to LMG portfolio in hand. Knocked on the door and whom I can only assume is the "new guy" they mention before answers the door. I ask him if he can get Linus. Comes back says he's in a meeting. I ask when he'll be done. Then Nick Light comes to the door instead. Says he's in a meeting and that it was a crazy day. I said I thought I might be expected. He goes back in and come back and says. You're the guy from Edmonton right? I say yes. He goes back in the building. He comes back and says: Yeah we don't do interviews with people unless we request them. Sorry.

At this point I am thinking what the heck. He closes the door on me. Now because my girlfriend also had an interview my mom took her to her interview right after dropping me off so I was stuck there for an hour and a half. I knocked a couple more times to try and make any kind of compromise or just to talk to someone and not get such a robotic response. Which accidentally pissed off Yvonne as then she came to the door to basically tell me to go away. Then they told me that the email they sent me told me not to come. Which I quoted above and it doesn't say not to come.

Never got to talk to Linus but did see him through the window filming a Fast as Possible or something. Anyway I left and was a little bit upset. I mean it was kind of rude of them but at the same time I guess I wasn't invited. I did travel quite a ways and to not even be given a chance kind of sucks. CTV didn't even do that to me when I was in highschool. But it is what it is. On that note I ruined my chances of working there so I guess I'll continue to make movies here in Edmonton for the next while. I did get to meet my niece (SHE'S SO CUTE) and have a good weekend regardless so I got that goin for me!

I'm sorry, but we consider people who show up without an invitation (I read Colton's reply to your email and it was very clear that we would specifically tell you if there was an interview) to be a security risk and we do not permit them to enter the building..

As for the post on the LinusTechTips forum about the interview that day, we actually did have someone in for a trial day - part of the reason we were all so busy and didn't need to be dealing with a persistent applicant.

While I wish your feelings hadn't been hurt by this encounter, I'd also like you to see it from our perspective...

Thanks everyone for the positive comments and the constructive criticism. We cover a wide range of products on LTT and it's always reassuring to know we're not missing what's important to the folks who live and breathe each niche so this kind of feedback in a place like /r/audiophile means a lot.

Not to belittle his knowledge, but he usually is just reading the reviewers guide from the companies and/or the script they wrote for him. I still like him just fine, and he does know what he is doing, but having done the same thing myself I can see the difference between reading or memorizing a script and actually talking about a product that you actually reviewed.

Sorry I don't have any plans to do a formal AMA. You are more than welcome to ask me any questions over on my website LinusTechTips.com though. Either I or someone else on the site will be able to answer you for sure :)

Hey, I understand if you don't have time to answer this question, but I was wondering if you had a review of a unicomp model M. I have not been able to try one and it has been so long since I used an IBM model M I can't seem to remember if I like cherry blues or buckling springs better. Thanks for coming in here and commenting anyway.

I actually sometimes give them a hard time about it because I have some idea how much business and traffic I drive their way.

The truth is they're not not a marketing oriented company, so they don't spend budget on marketing through me. I respect that and because I love the quality of their products I'll continue to recommend them because they are great.

Nobody with half a brain is looking at the R7 240 for gaming, it's a HTPC / general purpose gfx card. This video is stupid.

Of course he's focuses the most on high end hardware, because that's what NCIX want's him to sell. If you want to stretch your dollar and aren't the most tech savvy, you ought to be watching Tek Syndicate, Logan and those guys actually give a fuck.

3 Now Linus was tending the flock of Ravenholm, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Mt. Olympus, the birthplace and residence of the almighty Gaben. 2 There the angel of the Lord, Freeman, appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Linus saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3 So Linus thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”

4 When Gaben saw that he had gone over to look at why the bush would not burn, the Medic turns off his Ubercharge so Gaben could speak and he called to him from within the bush, “Linus! Linus!”

And Linus said, “Here I am.”

5 “Do not come any closer,” Gaben said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” 6 Linus, having never taken off his sandals for anyone, refused. 7 Then He shouted, and his anger shoot the very tubes of the Internet, “I am Gaben, ruler and visionary of all things.” At this, Linus hid his face, because he was afraid to look at Gaben.

Thanks for the post Linus! I've been watching your videos for almost 4 years now, and you're the reason why I built my computer! You've helped me so much with choosing my components, and you're responsible for hooking me into the audio world!

Seems like microstutter was quite downplayed. It is still a structural issue with running SLI especially on games with fast motion where it is more noticable. Most buttery smooth experience is still a powerful single GPU and a 120hz monitor. Also less technical issues with driver/game support. Once you play on a setup like that the stutter is much more noticeable. Most people just get used to it though. I know I have.

This is a good point. It's much better than it used to be and is still significantly better than it is for the red team, but the issue is not perfect, so that's why I still included it. I really wasn't sure what the right balance was going to be for drawing attention to it vs downplaying it because I want this video to be relevant for years and with some of the new technologies coming out of NVIDIA like G-Sync I think it's going to be a non issue at some point here in the future.